Bread Pakoda

Bread Pakoda - One or two is enough to satiate a super hungry stomach! We are not talking about just slices of bread here but slices sandwiched with potato and peas masala stuffing, coated in flavored Besan batter and fried in oil. Now if this description has induced hunger pangs better scroll down and rush to your kitchen!

Ingredients:

Bread slices - 12

For Stuffing:

Potato - 2
Peas - 1/2 cup
Oil
Mustard
Ginger and green chilli paste - 2 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Salt

For the batter:

Besan flour - 11/2 cups
Rice flour - 31/2 tsps
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 11/2 tsp
Red chilli powder - 11/4 tsp
Ajwain or carom seeds - 1 tsp
Salt
Water


Method:

Steam Potato and Peas. Mash them.Take a pan. Add oil. Once hot. Add a tsp of mustard seeds. After it splutters add ginger and green chilli paste followed by the spice powders required salt. Add this to the mashed vegetables. Mix well.

For the batter mix all the ingredients one by one. The consistency should not be too thick nor thin.

Now take the bread slices. Spread the masala on one slice and close it with another slice of bread. Repeat this process until the masala is over.

Cut the sandwiched portions diagonally.

Dip it in the batter and fry them in oil.

This can be served with coriander mint chutney. --

(1 cup coriander + 1/4 cup mint + 1/2 tsp of fried gram + 1/4 tsp Jeera + 2 garlic pods + 2 small slit green chillies and of course salt!)

Enjoy!!!